Thomas Edison

Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park",[3] he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention, and because of that, he is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory."Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

Portrait shows Edison seated in center. with Fred Ott at left and Col. George Gouraud at right. Standing (left to right) are W.K.L. Dickson, Charles Batchelor, A. Theodore Wangemann, John Ott, and Charles Brown... more

Photograph shows Thomas A. Edison receiving an honorary membership in the Illuminating Engineering Society by John W. Lieb, Vice President of the New York Edison Company on Feb. 10, 1916. (Source: Flickr Common... more

Photograph shows Thomas A. Edison with his wife Mina Miller Edison, receiving an honorary membership in the Illuminating Engineering Society by John W. Lieb, Vice President of the New York Edison Company on Feb... more

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